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[New Hampshire5 Slavery ln^before 1784].
Magazine of American History ■Edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, vol. XXI 1889. N.Y.
Slavery In N#H* Editor Magazine of American History.
by Isaac W.
Hammond, p* 62. i notice in your September issue
for 1888 Oxx, 249,335.] a question asked by Mr. Laidlaw, concerning the abolition of slavery in New Hampshire. I had oc¬ casion some years ago to look the matter up, and from the notes I then made, J- have information which may be of interest to your readers.
Negro slavery was never established in New Hampshire by any law of the province, or state; nor was it ever abolished by any legislative enactment* A province law enacted in 1714 forbade the Importation, or bringing into the province by sea or land any male or female Indian of any age to be used as a servant or slave* The capta4*i of said act alleges that "Notorious crimes and enormities have of late been perpetrated and committed by Indians, and other slaves within several of Her Majesty1 s Plantations in America,n and that ttlt is a discouragement to the importation of White Christian servants. The word servants* have

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[New Hampshire5 Slavery ln^before 1784].
Magazine of American History ■Edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, vol. XXI 1889. N.Y.
Slavery In N#H* Editor Magazine of American History.
by Isaac W.
Hammond, p* 62. i notice in your September issue
for 1888 Oxx, 249,335.] a question asked by Mr. Laidlaw, concerning the abolition of slavery in New Hampshire. I had oc¬ casion some years ago to look the matter up, and from the notes I then made, J- have information which may be of interest to your readers.
Negro slavery was never established in New Hampshire by any law of the province, or state; nor was it ever abolished by any legislative enactment* A province law enacted in 1714 forbade the Importation, or bringing into the province by sea or land any male or female Indian of any age to be used as a servant or slave* The capta4*i of said act alleges that "Notorious crimes and enormities have of late been perpetrated and committed by Indians, and other slaves within several of Her Majesty1 s Plantations in America,n and that ttlt is a discouragement to the importation of White Christian servants. The word servants* have